intransitive verb
gazed, gaz′ing to look intently and steadily; stare, as in wonder or expectancy
Origin of gaze
Middle English gazen from Scand, as in Norwegian and Swedish dialect, dialectal gasa, to stare from Old Norse gas, goose a steady look
A mother gazes with love at her child.
- The definition of a gaze is a steady and intense look.
When someone stares at you for a long period of time, the look they are giving you is an example of a gaze.
- To gaze is defined as to stare or look at something with a steady look.
When you stare dreamily into your lover's eyes for long periods of time, this is an example of gaze.
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gaze
intransitive verb
gazed, gaz·ing, gaz·esTo look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention.
noun
A steady, fixed look.
Origin of gaze
Middle English gasen probably of Scandinavian originRelated Forms:
- gaz′er
noun
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gaze stare gape gawk glare 1peer 1
These verbs mean to look long and intently. Gaze is often indicative of wonder, fascination, awe, or admiration: gazing at the stars. Stare can indicate curiosity, boldness, insolence, or stupidity: stared at them in disbelief. Gape suggests a prolonged open-mouthed look reflecting amazement, awe, or lack of intelligence: tourists gaping at the sights. To gawk is to gape or stare stupidly: Drivers gawked at the disabled truck. To glare is to fix another with a hard, piercing stare: glared furiously at me. To peer is to look narrowly, searchingly, and seemingly with difficulty: peered at us through her glasses.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present gazes, present participle gazing, simple past and past participle gazed)
- (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
- In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from Thinking in the Absence of Image)
- Bible, Acts i. 11
- Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
- (poetic) To stare at.
- 1667: Strait toward Heav'n my wondring Eyes I turnd, / And gaz'd a while the ample Skie — John Milton, Paradise Lost (book VIII)
Noun
(plural gazes)
- A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
- (archaic) The object gazed on.
- In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
Origin
Akin to Swedish dial. gasa and Gothic (usgasjan, “to terrify”).
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